U.S. Senate passes its version of the 2024 NDAA, with PNW Democrats split yea and nay

The bill, which passed 86-11, would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/07/u-s-senate-passes-its-version-of-the-2024-ndaa-with-pnw-democrats-split-yea-and-nay.html

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House Republicans seek billions in cuts to rail, water infrastructure spending

Ultra MAGA lackeys of Donald Trump who currently control the United States House of Representatives want to force the Senate and the Biden administration to reverse the investments made to Amtrak and clean drinking water infrastructure as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which is unacceptable to Democrats.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2023/07/house-republicans-seek-billions-in-cuts-to-rail-water-infrastructure-spending/

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Putting a right wing poll of Washington State under the microscope: An evaluation of Echelon/Future42’s spring 2023 survey

This detailed analysis examines the flaws of a statewide public opinion research survey released by a right wing group in Washington State in late June of 2023.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/07/putting-a-right-wing-poll-of-washington-state-under-the-microscope-an-evaluation-of-echelon-future42s-spring-2023-survey.html

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U.S. Senate sends bill to raise debt ceiling, satisfy Republican ransom demands to Biden

The so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act received yea votes from almost two-thirds of the Senate, passing 63-36. Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey, and John Fetterman voted no, along with independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and seventeen Republican senators.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/06/u-s-senate-sends-bill-to-raise-debt-ceiling-satisfy-republican-ransom-demands-to-biden.html

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U.S. House votes to raise debt ceiling, impose Republican-demanded austerity measures

By a vote of 314-117, the House adopted the so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which "increases the federal debt limit, establishes new discretionary spending limits, rescinds unobligated funds, and expands work requirements for federal programs," as summarized by Congress' official legislative website.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/05/u-s-house-votes-to-raise-debt-ceiling-impose-republican-demanded-austerity-measures.html

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Biden, McCarthy say they’ve reached a deal to respond to Republicans’ ransom demands

The White House announced late Saturday night that it has reached a deal with Kevin McCarthy and his deputies in the United States House of Representatives to avert a fiscal crisis that Republicans have been enthusiastically prepared to manufacture by refusing to provide the votes needed to raise the debt ceiling.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/05/biden-mccarthy-say-theyve-reached-a-deal-to-respond-to-republicans-ransom-demands.html

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